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PREFACE
SUPPOSINGthatTruthisawoman—whatthen?
Is
postoji
therenotgroundforsuspectingthat
svi
allphilosophers,insofarastheyhavebeendogmatists,havefailedto
razumjeti
understandwomen—thattheterribleseriousness
i
andclumsyimportunitywithwhichtheyhave
obično
usuallypaidtheiraddressestoTruth,havebeenunskilled
i
andunseemlymethodsforwinninga
žene
woman?
Certainlyshehasneverallowedherselftobewon;
i
andatpresenteverykindofdogmastands
sa
withsadanddiscouragedmien—IF,
uistinu
indeed,itstandsatall!
Fortherearescofferswhomaintainthatithasfallen,that
sva
alldogmaliesontheground—nay
više
more,thatitisatitslastgasp.
Ali
Buttospeakseriously,thereare
dobri
goodgroundsforhopingthat
sve
alldogmatizinginphilosophy,whateversolemn,
god
whateverconclusiveanddecidedairsithasassumed,mayhavebeen
samo
onlyanoblepuerilismandtyronism;
i
andprobablythetimeisathand
kada
whenitwillbeonce
i
andagainunderstoodWHAThas
zapravo
actuallysufficedforthebasisofsuchimposing
i
andabsolutephilosophicaledificesasthedogmatists
su
havehithertoreared:
perhapssomepopular
praznovjerje
superstitionofimmemorialtime(suchasthesoul-superstition,which,inthe
obliku
formofsubject-
andego-superstition,hasnot
još
yetceaseddoingmischief):
perhaps
neki
someplayuponwords,adeceptiononthepartof
gramatike
grammar,oranaudaciousgeneralizationof
vrlo
veryrestricted,verypersonal,veryhuman—all-too-humanfacts.
The
filozofija
philosophyofthedogmatists,itistobehoped,was
samo
onlyapromiseforthousandsofyears
kasnije
afterwards,aswasastrologyinstill
ranijim
earliertimes,intheserviceofwhich
vjerojatno
probablymorelabour,gold,acuteness,
i
andpatiencehavebeenspent
nego
thanonanyactualsciencehitherto:
weowetoit,
i
andtoits"super-terrestrial"pretensionsinAsia
i
andEgypt,thegrandstyleof
arhitekture
architecture.
Itseemsthatinordertoinscribethemselvesuponthe
srce
heartofhumanitywitheverlastingclaims,
sve
allgreatthingshavefirstto
lutati
wanderabouttheearthas
ogromne
enormousandawe-inspiringcaricatures:
dogmatic
filozofija
philosophyhasbeenacaricatureofthiskind—for
primjer
instance,theVedantadoctrineinAsia,
i
andPlatonisminEurope.
Letusnotbe
nezahvalni
ungratefultoit,althoughitmust
svakako
certainlybeconfessedthattheworst,themosttiresome,
i
andthemostdangerousoferrorshithertohasbeen
je
adogmatisterror—namely,Plato'sinventionofPure
Duhu
SpiritandtheGoodinItself.
Ali
Butnowwhenithasbeensurmounted,
kada
whenEurope,ridofthis
noćne more
nightmare,canagaindrawbreath
slobodno
freelyandatleastenjoyahealthier—sleep,we,
Čija
WHOSEDUTYISWAKEFULNESSITSELF,aretheheirsof
svih
allthestrengthwhichthe
borba
struggleagainstthiserrorhasfostered.
Itamountedtotheveryinversionoftruth,
i
andthedenialofthePERSPECTIVE—thefundamentalcondition—oflife,to
govoriti
speakofSpiritandtheGoodasPlatospokeof
njima
them;
indeedonemightask,asa
liječnik
physician:
"Howdidsuchamaladyattackthatfinest
proizvod
productofantiquity,Plato?
Hadthe
zli
wickedSocratesreallycorruptedhim?
WasSocrates
nakon
afterallacorrupterofyouths,
i
anddeservedhishemlock?"
Butthe
borba
struggleagainstPlato,or—tospeakplainer,
i
andforthe"people"—thestruggle
protiv
againsttheecclesiasticaloppressionofmillenniumsof
Kršćanstvo
Christianity(FORCHRISTIANITYISPLATONISMFORTHE"PEOPLE"),producedinEuropeamagnificent
napetost
tensionofsoul,suchashadnotexisted
nigdje
anywherepreviously;
withsuchatenselystrained
lukom
bowonecannowaimatthefurthestgoals.
Asamatteroffact,theEuropeanfeels
ovu
thistensionasastateofdistress,
i
andtwiceattemptshavebeenmadeingrandstyletounbendthe
luk
bow:
oncebymeansofJesuitism,andthe
drugi
secondtimebymeansofdemocraticenlightenment—which,
uz
withtheaidoflibertyofthe
tiska
pressandnewspaper-reading,might,in
stvari
fact,bringitaboutthatthe
duh
spiritwouldnotsoeasilyfinditselfin"distress"!
(TheGermansinventedgunpowder—all
zasluge
credittothem!
butthey
opet
againmadethingssquare—theyinventedprinting.)
Ali
Butwe,whoareneitherJesuits,nordemocrats,noreven
dovoljno
sufficientlyGermans,weGOODEUROPEANS,
i
andfree,VERYfreespirits—wehaveitstill,allthedistressof
duha
spiritandallthetensionofitsbow!
And
možda
perhapsalsothearrow,the
dužnost
duty,and,whoknows?
THEGOALTOAIMAT....
Poglavlje
CHAPTERI.PREJUDICESOFPHILOSOPHERS
1.
Na
TheWilltoTruth,whichistotemptusto
mnogo
manyahazardousenterprise,thefamousTruthfulnessofwhich
svi
allphilosophershavehithertospoken
s
withrespect,whatquestionshas
ova
thisWilltoTruthnotlaidbefore
nas
us!
Whatstrange,perplexing,questionablequestions!
Itis
već
alreadyalongstory;
yetitseemsasifitwere
jedva
hardlycommenced.
Isitany
čuditi
wonderifweatlastgrowdistrustful,lose
strpljenje
patience,andturnimpatientlyaway?
That
ova
thisSphinxteachesusatlasttoaskquestionsourselves?
Tko
WHOisitreallythatputsquestionstous
ovdje
here?
WHATreallyisthis"WilltoTruth"in
nama
us?
Infactwemadea
dugo
longhaltatthequestionastothe
porijekla
originofthisWill—untilatlastwecametoanabsolutestandstillbeforeayetmorefundamentalquestion.
Weinquired
o
abouttheVALUEofthisWill.
Granted
da
thatwewantthetruth:
WHYNOT
Radije
RATHERuntruth?
Anduncertainty?
Even
neznanje
ignorance?
Theproblemofthevalueoftruthpresenteditselfbeforeus—orwasitwewhopresentedourselvesbeforethe
problem
problem?
WhichofusistheOedipus
ovdje
here?
WhichtheSphinx?
Itwould
čini
seemtobearendezvousofquestions
i
andnotesofinterrogation.
Andcoulditbebelievedthatitatlastseemstousasifthe
problem
problemhadneverbeenpropounded
prije
before,asifwewerethe
prvi
firsttodiscernit,getasightof
ga
it,andRISKRAISINGit?
For
postoji
thereisriskinraisingit,
možda
perhapsthereisnogreater
rizik
risk.
2.
"HOWCOULDanythingoriginateoutofitsopposite?
For
primjer
example,truthoutoferror?
ili
ortheWilltoTruthoutofthewilltodeception?
ili
orthegenerousdeedoutof
sebičnosti
selfishness?
orthepuresun-bright
vizija
visionofthewisemanoutofcovetousness?
Takva
Suchgenesisisimpossible;
whoeverdreamsofitisafool,nay,
gori
worsethanafool;
thingsofthehighestvalue
moraju
musthaveadifferentorigin,anoriginofTHEIRown—in
ovom
thistransitory,seductive,illusory,paltry
svijetu
world,inthisturmoilofdelusion
i
andcupidity,theycannothavetheir
izvor
source.
ButratherinthelapofBeing,intheintransitory,intheconcealed
Bogu
God,inthe'Thing-in-itself—THEREmustbetheir
izvor
source,andnowhereelse!"—Thismodeof
razmišljanja
reasoningdisclosesthetypicalprejudiceby
kojoj
whichmetaphysiciansofalltimes
mogu
canberecognized,thismodeofvaluationisatthebackof
svih
alltheirlogicalprocedure;
through
ovu
this"belief"oftheirs,theyexertthemselvesfortheir"knowledge,"for
nešto
somethingthatisinthe
kraju
endsolemnlychristened"theTruth."
Thefundamental
vjerovanje
beliefofmetaphysiciansisTHE
Vjerovanje
BELIEFINANTITHESESOFVALUES.
It
nije
neveroccurredeventothewariestofthemtodoubt
ovdje
hereontheverythreshold(wheredoubt,
međutim
however,wasmostnecessary);
thoughtheyhadmadeasolemn
zavjet
vow,"DEOMNIBUSDUBITANDUM."
Forit
može
maybedoubted,firstly,whetherantithesesexistatall;
i
andsecondly,whetherthepopularvaluations
i
andantithesesofvalueuponwhichmetaphysicianshavesettheir
pečat
seal,arenotperhapsmerelysuperficialestimates,
samo
merelyprovisionalperspectives,besidesbeing
vjerojatno
probablymadefromsomecorner,
možda
perhapsfrombelow—"frogperspectives,"asitwere,toborrowanexpressioncurrent
među
amongpainters.
Inspiteofallthe
vrijednost
valuewhichmaybelongtothetrue,thepositive,
i
andtheunselfish,itmightbe
moguće
possiblethatahigherandmorefundamental
vrijednost
valueforlifegenerallyshouldbeassignedtopretence,tothewilltodelusion,to
sebičnosti
selfishness,andcupidity.
Itmight
čak
evenbepossiblethatWHATconstitutesthe
vrijednost
valueofthosegoodandrespectedthings,consists
upravo
preciselyintheirbeinginsidiouslyrelated,knotted,
i
andcrochetedtotheseevil
i
andapparentlyopposedthings—perhapseveninbeing
suštini
essentiallyidenticalwiththem.
Perhaps!
Ali
Butwhowishestoconcernhimselfwith
takvim
suchdangerous"Perhapses"!
Forthatinvestigationone
mora
mustawaittheadventofaneworderofphilosophers,suchas
će
willhaveothertastesandinclinations,the
obrnuto
reverseofthosehithertoprevalent—philosophersofthedangerous"Perhaps"inevery
smislu
senseoftheterm.
Andtospeakinallseriousness,Iseesuch
novi
newphilosophersbeginningtoappear.
3.
Havingkepta
oštro
sharpeyeonphilosophers,andhavingread
između
betweentheirlineslongenough,I
sada
nowsaytomyselfthatthe
veći
greaterpartofconsciousthinking
mora
mustbecountedamongtheinstinctivefunctions,
i
anditissoeveninthe
slučaju
caseofphilosophicalthinking;
onehas
ovdje
heretolearnanew,asonelearnedanew
o
aboutheredityand"innateness."
Aslittleasthe
čin
actofbirthcomesinto
obzir
considerationinthewholeprocess
i
andprocedureofheredity,justaslittleis"being-conscious"OPPOSEDtotheinstinctivein
bilo
anydecisivesense;
thegreater
dio
partoftheconsciousthinkingofaphilosopheris
tajno
secretlyinfluencedbyhisinstincts,
i
andforcedintodefinitechannels.
I
Andbehindalllogicanditsseemingsovereigntyofmovement,therearevaluations,
ili
ortospeakmoreplainly,physiologicaldemands,for
na
themaintenanceofadefinitemodeoflifeFor
primjer
example,thatthecertainisworth
više
morethantheuncertain,that
iluzija
illusionislessvaluablethan"truth"
takve
suchvaluations,inspiteoftheirregulative
važnosti
importanceforUS,mightnotwithstandingbe
samo
onlysuperficialvaluations,specialkindsofniaiserie,
takve
suchasmaybenecessaryfor
na
themaintenanceofbeingssuchasourselves.
Supposing,ineffect,
da
thatmanisnotjustthe"measureofthings."
4.
Na
Thefalsenessofanopinionisnotforusanyobjectionto
to
it:
itishere,perhaps,thatour
novi
newlanguagesoundsmoststrangely.
The
pitanje
questionis,howfaran
mišljenje
opinionislife-furthering,life-preserving,species-preserving,
možda
perhapsspecies-rearing,andwearefundamentallyinclinedtomaintainthatthefalsestopinions(towhichthesyntheticjudgmentsaprioribelong),arethemostindispensableto
nam
us,thatwithoutarecognitionoflogicalfictions,
bez
withoutacomparisonofreality
s
withthepurelyIMAGINEDworldoftheabsoluteandimmutable,
bez
withoutaconstantcounterfeitingoftheworldbymeansofnumbers,
čovjek
mancouldnotlive—thattherenunciationoffalseopinionswouldbearenunciationoflife,anegationoflife.
TORECOGNISEUNTRUTHASA
Uvjet
CONDITIONOFLIFE;
thatis
sigurno
certainlytoimpugnthetraditionalideasofvalueina
opasan
dangerousmanner,andaphilosophywhichventuresto
učiniti
doso,hastherebyaloneplaceditself
izvan
beyondgoodandevil.
5.
That
što
whichcausesphilosopherstoberegardedhalf-distrustfully
i
andhalf-mockingly,isnottheoft-repeated
otkriće
discoveryhowinnocenttheyare—how
često
oftenandeasilytheymakemistakes
i
andlosetheirway,inshort,
koliko
howchildishandchildliketheyare,—butthatthereisnot
dovoljno
enoughhonestdealingwiththem,whereasthey
svi
allraisealoudandvirtuousoutcry
kada
whentheproblemoftruthfulnessis
čak
evenhintedatintheremotestmanner.
Theyallposeasthoughtheirrealopinionshadbeendiscovered
i
andattainedthroughtheself-evolvingofacold,pure,divinelyindifferentdialectic
U
(incontrasttoallsortsofmystics,who,fairer
i
andfoolisher,talkof"inspiration"),whereas,in
stvari
fact,aprejudicedproposition,idea,
ili
or"suggestion,"whichisgenerallytheirheart'sdesireabstracted
i
andrefined,isdefendedbythemwithargumentssoughtout
nakon
aftertheevent.
Theyare
svi
alladvocateswhodonot
žele
wishtoberegardedas
takvim
such,generallyastutedefenders,also,oftheirprejudices,whichtheydub"truths,"—and
Vrlo
VERYfarfromhavingthe
savjesti
consciencewhichbravelyadmitsthistoitself,
vrlo
veryfarfromhavingthegood
ukusa
tasteofthecouragewhichgoesso
daleko
farastoletthisbeunderstood,
možda
perhapstowarnfriendorfoe,
ili
orincheerfulconfidenceandself-ridicule.
Na
ThespectacleoftheTartufferyof
starog
oldKant,equallystiffand
pristojan
decent,withwhichheenticesusinto
na
thedialecticby-waysthatlead(morecorrectlymislead)tohis"categoricalimperative"—makesusfastidiousonessmile,wewhofind
ne
nosmallamusementinspyingout
na
thesubtletricksofoldmoralists
i
andethicalpreachers.
Or,stillmoreso,thehocus-pocusinmathematical
obliku
form,bymeansofwhichSpinozahas,asitwere,cladhisphilosophyin
poštu
mailandmask—infact,the"loveofHISwisdom,"totranslatethe
izraz
termfairlyandsquarely—inordertherebytostrike
užas
terroratonceintothe
srcu
heartoftheassailantwhoshould
usudio
daretocastaglanceonthatinvinciblemaiden,thatPallasAthene:—how
mnogo
muchofpersonaltimidityandvulnerabilitydoes
ova
thismasqueradeofasicklyreclusebetray!
6.
Ithas
postepeno
graduallybecomecleartomewhat
svaka
everygreatphilosophyuptill
sada
nowhasconsistedof—namely,the
priznanje
confessionofitsoriginator,and
je
aspeciesofinvoluntaryandunconsciousauto-biography;
andmoreoverthatthemoral(orimmoral)
svrha
purposeineveryphilosophyhasconstitutedthetruevitalgermoutofwhichtheentire
biljka
planthasalwaysgrown.
Indeed,tounderstand
kako
howtheabstrusestmetaphysicalassertionsofaphilosopher
su
havebeenarrivedat,itis
uvijek
alwayswell(andwise)to
prvo
firstaskoneself:
"Whatmoralitydothey(ordoeshe)aimat?"
Accordingly,Idonot
vjerujem
believethatan"impulsetoknowledge"isthe
otac
fatherofphilosophy;
butthat
drugi
anotherimpulse,hereaselsewhere,has
samo
onlymadeuseofknowledge
I
(andmistakenknowledge!)
asan
instrument
instrument.
Butwhoeverconsidersthefundamentalimpulsesofman
s
withaviewtodetermining
koliko
howfartheymayhave
ovdje
hereactedasINSPIRINGGENII
Ili
(orasdemonsandcobolds),will
naći
findthattheyhaveallpracticedphilosophyatonetime
ili
oranother,andthateachoneofthemwouldhavebeen
samo
onlytoogladtolookuponitselfasthe
krajnji
ultimateendofexistenceandthelegitimateLORD
nad
overalltheotherimpulses.
For
svaki
everyimpulseisimperious,andas
Takav
SUCH,attemptstophilosophize.
Tobe
naravno
sure,inthecaseofscholars,inthe
slučaju
caseofreallyscientificmen,it
može
maybeotherwise—"better,"ifyouwill;
therethere
možda
mayreallybesucha
stvar
thingasan"impulsetoknowledge,"somekindofsmall,independentclock-work,which,
kada
whenwellwoundup,worksawayindustriouslytothatend,WITHOUTtherestofthescholarlyimpulsestakinganymaterialparttherein.
The
stvarni
actual"interests"ofthescholar,
stoga
therefore,aregenerallyinquite
drugom
anotherdirection—inthefamily,perhaps,
ili
orinmoney-making,orinpolitics;
itis,infact,
gotovo
almostindifferentatwhatpointof
istraživanja
researchhislittlemachineisplaced,
i
andwhetherthehopefulyoung
radnik
workerbecomesagoodphilologist,amushroom
stručnjak
specialist,orachemist;
heisnotCHARACTERISEDbybecoming
ovo
thisorthat.
Inthephilosopher,onthe
naprotiv
contrary,thereisabsolutelynothingimpersonal;
i
andaboveall,hismoralityfurnishesadecided
i
anddecisivetestimonyasto
Tko
WHOHEIS,—thatistosay,inwhatorderthedeepestimpulsesofhis
prirode
naturestandtoeachother.
7.
Kako
Howmaliciousphilosopherscanbe!
I
znam
knowofnothingmorestingingthanthejokeEpicurustookthe
slobodu
libertyofmakingonPlato
i
andthePlatonists;
hecalledthemDionysiokolakes.
Initsoriginal
smislu
sense,andonthefaceofit,the
riječ
wordsignifies"FlatterersofDionysius"—consequently,tyrants'accessories
i
andlick-spittles;
besidesthis,however,itisasmuchastosay,"Theyare
svi
allACTORS,thereisnothinggenuine
o
aboutthem"(forDionysiokolaxwasapopular
ime
nameforanactor).
And
na
thelatterisreallythemalignantreproachthatEpicuruscastuponPlato:
hewasannoyedbythegrandiosemanner,themiseenscenestyleof
kojem
whichPlatoandhisscholarsweremasters—of
kojem
whichEpicuruswasnota
majstor
master!
He,theoldschool-teacherofSamos,whosatconcealedinhislittle
vrtu
gardenatAthens,andwrote
tri
threehundredbooks,perhapsoutofrage
i
andambitiousenvyofPlato,whoknows!
Greecetook
je
ahundredyearstofindout
tko
whothegarden-godEpicurusreallywas.
Didsheeverfindout?
8.
Postoji
Thereisapointineveryphilosophyat
kojoj
whichthe"conviction"ofthephilosopherappearsonthe
sceni
scene;
or,toputitinthewordsofanancientmystery:.
Adventavitasinus,Pulcheretfortissimus.
9.
Youdesireto
Živjeti
LIVE"accordingtoNature"?
Oh,you
plemeniti
nobleStoics,whatfraudofwords!
Imaginetoyourselvesabeing
poput
likeNature,boundlesslyextravagant,boundlesslyindifferent,
bez
withoutpurposeorconsideration,without
sažaljenja
pityorjustice,atoncefruitful
i
andbarrenanduncertain:
imaginetoyourselves
Ravnodušnost
INDIFFERENCEasapower—howCOULDyou
živjeti
liveinaccordancewithsuch
ravnodušnost
indifference?
Tolive—isnotthat
samo
justendeavouringtobeotherwise
od
thanthisNature?
Isnotlivingvaluing,preferring,beingunjust,beinglimited,endeavouringtobe
drugačiji
different?
Andgrantedthatyour
imperativ
imperative,"livingaccordingtoNature,"means
zapravo
actuallythesameas"living
skladu
accordingtolife"—howcouldyou
učiniti
doDIFFERENTLY?
Whyshouldyou
napraviti
makeaprincipleoutofwhatyouyourselvesare,
i
andmustbe?
Inreality,
međutim
however,itisquiteotherwise
s
withyou:
whileyoupretendtoread
s
withrapturethecanonofyourlawinNature,youwant
nešto
somethingquitethecontrary,youextraordinarystage-players
i
andself-deluders!
Inyourprideyouwishto
diktirati
dictateyourmoralsandidealstoNature,toNatureherself,
i
andtoincorporatethemtherein;
youinsistthatitshallbeNature"accordingtotheStoa,"
i
andwouldlikeeverythingtobemadeafteryourownimage,asavast,eternalglorification
i
andgeneralismofStoicism!
Withallyour
ljubav
lovefortruth,youhaveforcedyourselvesso
dugo
long,sopersistently,andwithsuchhypnoticrigidityto
vidjeti
seeNatureFALSELY,thatistosay,Stoically,thatyouare
ne
nolongerabletoseeitotherwise—andto
krunu
crownall,someunfathomablesuperciliousnessgivesyoutheBedlamite
nadu
hopethatBECAUSEyouareabletotyrannize
nad
overyourselves—Stoicismisself-tyranny—Naturewill
također
alsoallowherselftobetyrannized
nad
over:
isnottheStoica
Dio
PARTofNature?...
Butthisisan
stara
oldandeverlastingstory:
whathappenedinoldtimes
sa
withtheStoicsstillhappens
danas
today,assoonasevera
filozofija
philosophybeginstobelieveinitself.
It
uvijek
alwayscreatestheworldinitsownimage;
itcannot
učiniti
dootherwise;
philosophyisthistyrannical
impuls
impulseitself,themostspiritualWilltoPower,thewillto"creationoftheworld,"thewilltothecausaprima.
10.
Theeagerness
i
andsubtlety,Ishouldevensaycraftiness,
s
withwhichtheproblemof"thereal
i
andtheapparentworld"isdealt
s
withatpresentthroughoutEurope,furnishes
hranu
foodforthoughtandattention;
andhe
koji
whohearsonlya"WilltoTruth"inthe
pozadini
background,andnothingelse,cannot
sigurno
certainlyboastofthesharpestears.
Inrare
i
andisolatedcases,itmay
stvarno
reallyhavehappenedthatsuch
je
aWilltoTruth—acertain
ekstravagantna
extravagantandadventurouspluck,ametaphysician's
ambicija
ambitionoftheforlornhope—hasparticipatedtherein:
thatwhichin
na
theendalwaysprefersa
šaku
handfulof"certainty"toa
cijeli
wholecartloadofbeautifulpossibilities;
there
možda
mayevenbepuritanicalfanaticsof
savjesti
conscience,whoprefertoputtheirlast
povjerenje
trustinasurenothing,rather
nego
thaninanuncertainsomething.
Ali
ButthatisNihilism,and
na
thesignofadespairing,mortallywearied
duše
soul,notwithstandingthecourageousbearing
takva
suchavirtuemaydisplay.
Itseems,
međutim
however,tobeotherwisewithstronger
i
andlivelierthinkerswhoarestilleagerforlife.
Inthattheyside
Protiv
AGAINSTappearance,andspeaksuperciliouslyof"perspective,"inthattheyrankthe
vjerodostojnost
credibilityoftheirownbodies
o
aboutaslowasthe
vjerodostojnost
credibilityoftheocularevidencethat"theearthstandsstill,"
i
andthus,apparently,allowingwithcomplacencytheirsecurest
posjedovanje
possessiontoescape(forwhatdoesoneatpresentbelieveinmorefirmlythaninone'sbody?),—whoknowsiftheyarenotreallytryingtowinback
nešto
somethingwhichwasformerlyanevensecurer
posjedovanje
possession,somethingoftheolddomainofthe
vjere
faithofformertimes,perhapsthe"immortalsoul,"
možda
perhaps"theoldGod,"inshort,ideasbywhichtheycould
živjeti
livebetter,thatistosay,morevigorously
i
andmorejoyously,thanby"modernideas"?
Postoji
ThereisDISTRUSTofthese
moderne
modernideasinthismodeoflookingatthings,adisbeliefin
sve
allthathasbeenconstructed
jučer
yesterdayandtoday;
thereis
možda
perhapssomeslightadmixtureofsatietyandscorn,which
može
cannolongerenduretheBRIC-A-BRACofideasofthemostvaried
porijekla
origin,suchasso-calledPositivismatpresentthrowsonthemarket;
adisgustofthemorerefined
ukusa
tasteatthevillage-fairmotleyness
i
andpatchinessofallthesereality-philosophasters,inwhomthereis
ništa
nothingeithernewortrue,
osim
exceptthismotleyness.
Thereinitseemstomethatweshould
složiti
agreewiththoseskepticalanti-realists
i
andknowledge-microscopistsofthepresentday;
their
instinkt
instinct,whichrepelsthemfrom
Suvremene
MODERNreality,isunrefuted...
whatdotheirretrogradeby-paths
briga
concernus!
Themainthing
o
aboutthemisNOTthatthey
žele
wishtogo"back,"butthatthey
žele
wishtogetAWAYtherefrom.
A
malo
littleMOREstrength,swing,courage,
i
andartisticpower,andtheywouldbeOFF—andnot
natrag
back!
11.
Itseemstomethatthereis
posvuda
everywhereanattemptatpresentto
skrenuti
divertattentionfromtheactualinfluencewhichKantexercisedonGermanphilosophy,
a
andespeciallytoignoreprudentlythe
vrijednost
valuewhichhesetuponhimself.
Kantwasfirstand
prije svega
foremostproudofhisTableofCategories;
s
withitinhishandhesaid:
"Thisisthemostdifficult
stvar
thingthatcouldeverbeundertakenon
ime
behalfofmetaphysics."
Letus
samo
onlyunderstandthis"couldbe"!
Hewas
ponosan
proudofhavingDISCOVEREDanewfacultyinman,thefacultyofsynthetic
presude
judgmentapriori.
Grantingthathedeceivedhimselfinthismatter;
the
razvoj
developmentandrapidflourishingofGermanphilosophydependedneverthelessonhispride,
i
andontheeagerrivalryoftheyounger
generacije
generationtodiscoverifpossiblesomething—atallevents"newfaculties"—of
što
whichtobestillprouder!—Butletusreflectforamoment—itishightimetodoso.
"HowaresyntheticjudgmentsaprioriPOSSIBLE?"
Kantaskshimself—andwhatisreallyhis
odgovor
answer?
"BYMEANSOFAMEANS(faculty)"—but
nažalost
unfortunatelynotinfivewords,
ali
butsocircumstantially,imposingly,and
s
withsuchdisplayofGermanprofundity
i
andverbalflourishes,thatonealtogetherloses
iz vida
sightofthecomicalniaiserieallemandeinvolvedinsuchan
odgovor
answer.
Peoplewerebesidethemselveswithdelightoverthis
nove
newfaculty,andthejubilationreachedits
vrhunac
climaxwhenKantfurtherdiscovered
je
amoralfacultyinman—forat
to
thattimeGermanswerestill
moralni
moral,notyetdabblinginthe"Politicsofhardfact."
Thencamethe
medeni mjesec
honeymoonofGermanphilosophy.
Allthe
mladi
youngtheologiansoftheTubingeninstitutionwent
odmah
immediatelyintothegroves—allseekingfor"faculties."
I
Andwhatdidtheynotfind—inthatinnocent,rich,
i
andstillyouthfulperiodoftheGerman
duha
spirit,towhichRomanticism,themalicious
vila
fairy,pipedandsang,whenonecouldnotyet
razlikovati
distinguishbetween"finding"and"inventing"!
Abovealla
fakultet
facultyforthe"transcendental";
Schellingchristened
ga
it,intellectualintuition,andtherebygratifiedthemostearnestlongingsofthe
prirodno
naturallypious-inclinedGermans.
Onecan
učiniti
donogreaterwrongtothewholeof
ovom
thisexuberantandeccentricmovement
Što
(whichwasreallyyouthfulness,notwithstandingthatitdisguiseditselfsoboldly,inhoary
i
andsenileconceptions),thantotakeit
ozbiljno
seriously,oreventreatit
s
withmoralindignation.
Enough,however—theworldgrewolder,
a
andthedreamvanished.
A
vrijeme
timecamewhenpeoplerubbedtheirforeheads,
i
andtheystillrubthem
danas
today.
Peoplehadbeendreaming,
a
andfirstandforemost—oldKant.
"Bymeansof
je
ameans(faculty)"—hehadsaid,
ili
oratleastmeantto
reći
say.
But,isthat—ananswer?
An
objašnjenje
explanation?
Orisitnotrather
samo
merelyarepetitionofthequestion?
Kako
Howdoesopiuminducesleep?
"Bymeansofameans(faculty),"
naime
namelythevirtusdormitiva,repliesthe
liječnik
doctorinMoliere,.
Butsuchrepliesbelongtotherealmofcomedy,anditishigh
vrijeme
timetoreplacetheKantian
pitanje
question,"HowaresyntheticjudgmentsaPRIORIpossible?"
byanotherquestion,"Whyis
vjerovanje
beliefinsuchjudgmentsnecessary?"—ineffect,itishigh
vrijeme
timethatweshouldunderstandthatsuchjudgmentsmustbebelievedtobetrue,forthesakeofthepreservationofcreatures
poput
likeourselves;
thoughtheystillmight
prirodno
naturallybefalsejudgments!
Or,moreplainlyspoken,and
grubo
roughlyandreadily—syntheticjudgmentsapriorishouldnot"bepossible"atall;
wehaveno
pravo
righttothem;
inourmouthstheyarenothingbut
lažne
falsejudgments.
Only,ofcourse,
na
thebeliefintheirtruthis
potrebno
necessary,asplausiblebeliefandocularevidencebelongingto
na
theperspectiveviewoflife.
I
Andfinally,tocalltomind
na
theenormousinfluencewhich"Germanphilosophy"—Ihopeyouunderstandits
pravo
righttoinvertedcommas(goosefeet)?—hasexercisedthroughout
na
thewholeofEurope,thereis
nema
nodoubtthatacertainVIRTUSDORMITIVAhadashareinit;
thankstoGermanphilosophy,itwas
je
adelighttothenobleidlers,thevirtuous,themystics,theartiste,thethree-fourthsChristians,
i
andthepoliticalobscurantistsof
svih
allnations,tofindan
protuotrov
antidotetothestilloverwhelmingsensualism
koji
whichoverflowedfromthelast
stoljeća
centuryintothis,inshort—"sensusassoupire."...